Or an Obelisk

With the
rhythm,
Kin's in affect
His pens tends
Tah hex

The system
Then anoints you
Kins' point is true
As a prysm

Or an ob el isk
Pure nov el ist
Explore my goggles
with

The vision
im givin.

I Define livin
Tah die

Like These lines
Sent Kin to find

His old heart
Kenneth wasnt in it
Declined quick
so scarred.

Yeah ?
Like his hea'd ?

Why ques ?
I guess.....

And fam
With this
No joke
Fo those
Slow folks

When kin
Ketched rec
No abbreviation
Of rectum
Claritys a rarity
No deviation
Of septum

My quotes
Is the dope
In yah sinus

Kins the pen
To yah papyrus

See it
With thee iris
He osirius
Shes isis
We
pricless.

With the
rhythm,
Kin's in affect
His pens tends
Tah hex

The system
Then anoints you
Kins' point is true
As a prysm

Or an obelisk ...

Denile is foul
As crack smoke
Now ,who soled
The souls of Black Folks ?


Cheef  greets
the streets with Peace

Peace tah Afros
& Black Folks
That roll
Hash & dro
At least
It aint crack smoke
Dang Is that so ?

Peace tah
Black Folks
That go
And stash dough
At least
The $hit
Aint crack smoke
Is that so ?
Swang low

Aint $hit sweet
Caint $hit
When ya caint eat
Piss poe
Got the pistol
Kin dont blame folks

Its cruel as satan
Sit u a tions
& $hit you facin
Make a great
Risk a few've takin

Worth while
Earths Wild

In the land of the beast
Get damaged when ya weak

Peace
 to Black Folks
On yak and potes
At least
It aint
Crack smoke
Is that soul ?

That ish
Had Kin beat bad
Ravished
Spazzed then rehab


My deah
Quite cleah
With Agua
I gotta Cheahs
Toast


Denile  is foul
As crack smoke
Now ,who soled
The souls of Black Folks ?

Peace to Henrietta Lacks

Even though

This heathens broke

Demons go

And hate my skin

Im breathin though

Yup,

Trill Spill

Vamps get amped

love my blood

Still

Like Hen ri etta Lacks

Right Kin’s steez fresha

Than Flax,

Seed

Facts heed.

since a teen/tein

A pro with vo

Cab, see

My checkered past

Is Past me

And Im past it

Fam like …. As if

a [hot tub ] time,

Machine

rewinds scenes

And realigned  dreams

To cruise and skate in benz

Dudes, cool,

Mam , Kin’s a man

Who made a mends

Even though

This heathens broke

Demons go

And hate my skin

Im breathin though

Capitalism defined by KiN Camell

In theory capitalism is supposedly “free trade" or a diplomatic economy as opposed to dictatorship (communism). However in practice Capitalism is maximizing monetary profits through exploiting the labor or resources of underprivileged people . Capitalism is often unempathetic to labor laws which is why outsourcing and offshoring was such a heavy topic a few years ago. Capitalism is excessive i.e. Walmart, Costco, Amazon . Capitalism is a pyramid scheme having no cap/limit for the few who are on top.

Fear = No Joke

3. What are some key differences between systemic racism and structural racism? Please explain and give examples. (Ch. 2, Race and Racism)
   
   4. In Zinn Ch.2 "Drawing the Color Line,"  what evidence does the author present of resistance/uprisings against slavery? (Zinn, pp. 23-38)

1. Think of an issue related to racial inequality and use one of the frameworks discussed in this chapter to explain it. Justify your selection of this framework over others. (Ch. 2, Race and Racism)

Institutional racism also known as systematic racism is evident throughout the criminal justice system i.e. 37% of the people convicted for drug offenses in the U.S were Black despite making up only 13% of the total U.S. population (Rights Watch 2008) . Structural racism is cultural and based on public policy as opposed to law (systematic racism). White privilege gives non Melanted people access to benefits that are excluded to Melanated people i.e. when I go on roadtrips with my Godbrother (Jewish non Melanted) he is aware that we are less likely to get pulled over if he drives.

Howard Zinn concisely linked the major factors that established slavery in the U.S and the fuel which kept it kinetic for nearly 3 Centuries. In 1609 AD The “New English” colonists (illegal immigrants) who settled in Virginia/ Jamestown had been afflicted with the fear of having to resort to cannibalism or starving to death. That fear propelled the colonists to contact the English government with the sole purpose of requesting planting supplies for agricultural endeavors and a  “free labor force” aka slaves. Since the Muslim Arabs ,Portuguese and Spanish had demonstrated how lucrative the trading of African Slaves can be the English followed suit. The power of violence was also a major factor in facilitating the longevity of U.S chattel slavery so ruthless millitias who carried out mass hangings were an effective tool in keep slavery alive and well. Finally the last factor Zinn mentioned was legal and social punishment that came with Black and White conspiring to rebel against colony ( Bacon's Rebellion).

Tanya Maria Golash Boza mentions that Assimilation focuses on group factors such as; being the only melanted person in a job setting or adjusting to a private school with a Melanin deprived student  body and staff. I have had to navigate through vast amounts of environments which lack cultural diversity. In order to reduce racial tension or the ignorance and fear that racism breeds I admit to treading on the line of being the racquet ball club side of myself and an Oakland version of Bryant Gumble. Now is that a bad thing ? The writer's from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air might lean toward the latter.

Tanya Maria Golash Boza begins chapter 2 of Racisms Racial Ideologies by providing a few examples of racial inequality such as; qualified Black applicants who do not receive a job interview upon applying or the lack of job offers extended to Black potential employees upon job interviews. Boza aldo shares the magnitude of how the media (TV, Internet, Movies, Music etc) shapes racial prejudices which permeates the unconscious and sub consciousness of the general public. This is crucial since the U.S is still a very segregated country and unfortunately many White (Non Melanated) have limited if any interactions with Black (Melanated) people therefore the media presents them with swayed and often bias images of Black people. I used this framework to revisit how I'm constantly reminded that I'm not really Black/Melanated because I dont fit into a mold produced by viacom or clear channel/i heart radio.

Golash-Boza, Tanya Maria. Race and Racism a critical approach New York : Oxford University Press 2015.



Zinn, Howard, and Anthony Arnove. A People's History of the United States. Thirty-fifth anniversary edition. New York, NY: HarperPerennial, 2015.

Trees Speak

Trees steam

Trees speak

Cheef’s deep

As the Pacific

Peep my beats

Blast terrific

A neat feat is reached

Tah be Black and gifted.

And As the tea steeps

A path ta free ma peeps

Opens

With this

Quotin

Wit is

Potent

Trees steam

Trees speak

Cheef’s deep

Rare Soul Productionz

There’s

No assumptions

Rare

Soul productionz

Bare tha

Sole function

Tah share

Cold slumpin

Toe jumpin

Oh no

Toe tappin

No actin

Still spill

Mo passion

Than

A fan

Of Bo Jackson

$h!t,

This ol blackman

Attractions’

Fatal

As

Assasins with halos

My god

Crusade

Ji-had

You say

Im odd

Now Im even

With my demons

Hope ya ja hovah

& Witnessed my witt

This evenin

Double Consciousness = No Joke

Greetings,

        The double consciousness W.E.B Dubois referred to is still very much prevalent in the 21st century despite some media outlets claiming the U.S is in a post racial era. I've had Melanated and non Melanated(White) people tell me I'm really not Black /Melanated because I do not fit into the "stereotypical Black guy "protocol so, I guess I'm not urban or gangster enough.  2 years ago while I was waiting for the bus in Oakland Ca (52nd and MLK) when a police officer got out of the cop car and asked the Caucasion lady standing next to me if she was ok, as if I was posing a threat so I guess I was being too Black that day.  I've experienced so many incidents where my melanin scares people that I often have to cross the street to prevent anyone from feeling uncomfortable  . My double consciousness sense is pretty sharp since I  grew up in Marin County. I said all that to say I understand the sentiments W E B Dubois shared when he stated “living as an American yet treated as an outsider”. Dubois concluded “ it forces someone to regularly view herself or himself  from a marginalized position”.

Peace to W E B Dubois + Ibram X Kendi

Ken Camell  ll

June 22 2019
Ethnic Studies 1
HW 1

2. Why is it important to clarify that the idea of race is a modern invention? (Chapter 1, Race and Racism)
3. How does the existence of "double consciousness" and "the veil" affect W.E.B. Du Bois' own experience as an African-American?
4. How can The Souls of Black Folk be used to examine race relations in the 21st Century?

Ibram X Kendi’s book “Stamped From the Beginning” addresses the origins of racist ideas ,theories and practices. The title of Kendi’s book is inspired by a quote from former Mississippi Senator (Jefferson Davis) who stated “ Black people being inferior (to White people) was stamped from the beginning”. Kendi conveys a racist concept is any idea of one race being superior or inferior to another.  Throughout the first 2 chapters of Stamped From the Beginning Kendi analyzes the history of racsim and slavery plus its influences such as ; Aristotle’s “Climate Theory" and Prince Harry of Portugal industrialized African slave trading practices. Kendi provides a timeline to clearly demonstrate racism is relatively modern dating back to the 15th century.  According to the documentary Race : Power of Illusion race is based on an external observation and ultimately a social construct lacking genetic basis. The narrator mentioned there are no genetic markers to determine or define race.

In the book “The Souls of Black Folks” W.E.B Dubois acknowledges “the despair and self doubt of African American struggling to be treated with dignity and respect “(Souls of Black Folks pg 37). Dubois succinctly summerized the U.S transition fron chattel slavery to amancipation as “ the bewildeted serf gives way to youth with dawning self consciousness,  self realization and self respect” (Souls of Black Folks pg 195). Despite Dubois academic achievements (author, sociologist,professor,civil rights activist etc) he was still affected by “The Veil" which is symbolic to the U.S racial color line restricting the upward mobility of Black(Melanated) Americans. The veil can also be interpreted as a shade which prevents White Americans from seeing Black people as humans let alone as American citizens (The 3/5 compromise) . One example inhumanity of the veil occurred in 1899 when W.E B Dubois infant son Burgherdt died because no White doctor would assist him with his illness (Diplitheria). W E B Dubois mentioned a twoness (double consciousness) meaning two souls conflicted within one dark body as opposed to the oneness which White Americans enjoy including the perks of civil rights, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This sense of a double consciousness forces Black Americans to see themselves in the lense of White America (white supremacy) and is still prevalent in the 21st century i.e Mike Vik (Black/Melanated man) serves 21 months in prison for killing a dog and Johannes Mehserle (non Melanated man) serves 11 months in jail for killing a Melanated man.

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. The Souls of Black Folk; Essays and Sketches. Chicago, A. G. McClurg, 1903. New York :Johnson Reprint Corp., 1968.

Kendi, Ibram X. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. , 2017. Print.

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Peace to The Bronx NY

Cheebah Cheebah y'all

I need Sativas y’all

In the 1970s

NYC wasn't heavenly

The school system for the public

Was rubbish

Plus its published

So you can read thee

How and why

(Huh) its outside

The school and church

The youth search

For truth and worth

And DJ Kool Herc

Was the new birth

Since politicians were cruel jerks

The Big Apple has worms and snakes

They come in many forms and shapes

The serpent's tool

Was urban renewal

An astounding process

That moved Black and Brown

To housing projects

While vile

Land lords

Made the Bronx

Resemble Vietnam War

Can you believe these mad men ?

Even Reggie Jackson

Was treated stanky

And he's the best player on the Yankees

Baseball Team

Race of all things,

Is used for separation

And since welfare is not reparations

City streets are filled with desperation

This is the bridge

Which gives kids

A lift and that's big

In the heart if the Bronx

A new art form was launched

To abstain from gangs and other thangs

Teens need an outlet

Rappers Delight was out yet

Rewind Cheef to tha 90s

Fly dreams

Rewind me

Tah tha 1990s

Ol’

Fam was magic

No

scam tactics

Go

Scram

A whole package

(Huh)

With mo passion

Than Bo Jackson

Back in

L.A. cousin

Back then

hell, they wasn't

Oakland Raiders

(Since) the 1st grade

This nerd gave

Respect, yet

Today he shaved

With a broken razor

(No joke)

To Rise

In Battle

And Life

The slogans

Tah raise us

Fly Dreams

Remind me

Of tha19

90s

Since 8th grade

Kins Haze stayed

Flavah’d

Then the pen

amazed ya,

Friends and neighbahs

(Huh)

Slang way potent

K Caint sang

Still she’ll feel

His way of Quotin,

& Displayin

his potion

To get

Ish open

Fly Dreams

Remind me

Of tha19

90s

Remembah this

Montana

smashin Madden

On the Genesis

Kenneth lives

Tah send his gifts

Fly Dreams

Rewind we

Of tha19

90s

KiN Camell , its safe to mention

Its safe to mention

This Heathen

aint even

In the same dimension

tis evenin

Gist greet Kin

Fare well

(Huh)

double f*ck

Welfare

Camell is air

So most folks go  ...

Kin he's awf

As if

The bastid’s pen

Defeats a boss

Like Bowzer.

Pipes with Power flowers

In Kin’s

Genes

& nice trousers

Cheef’s sworn

He's born

That lifted

Black & Gifted

(Peace tah

Ni na

The magic,

rhythmic

If ya missed it

Be kind

Rewind

Huh

No Block Bustah

Know when Kins in

Yo Spot trust tha

The soul within the skin

Its safe to mention

This Heathen

aint even

In the same dimension

KiN Camell " If Shes Listenin"

If she's listenin

Cheef needs trees

And Minnie Ripperton

Damn the Henny,Remy and Lithium

We Need mo pennies to send them gems

(Huh)

Now around the Town

In the era of CDs

And B.P.

(Befo pro meth a zine)

Cheef’s flow blessed tha scene

Im Kin and like Rakim

For the mic a pure fiend

Kins pains

Insane

Morphine

Wasnt solid

Had to plug him

With dilaudid

No wondah ,

Kins been

through the thin

then a bunch of

Otha,

Thats the thick of it

A healthy heathen

smell cheef steamin

Facts Sick of this

Kenneth Wicked Vivid Vision

Ms, jist

ad, mit

This, is

That, ish

This is

written

With Wicked

Rhythms

Witness

Kenneth’s

vivid vision

Visit

His Liquid

Prysm

Which is

The sickest sentence

Since San Quentin prison

Sent him

Back ta the town

Kin’s In the midst

Of Black and Brown

Gems

Them tend to mix

Love ,Passion ,Sounds

Ms jist

Ad mit

This is

That sh!+

That sh!+ ?

Like a log

from god ?

(No folks)

Like

I write.

Raw puns , blogs.

Yes, bizarre

Yet, fiz zar

From spam & fraud

Ms ,jist

ad ,mit

This ,is

That, ish

Vibe from Oakland

Ta Marin

My Drums open

Ya kin

Like hyms

& psalms

Kin songs

Been the bomb

Since Ah kin nele

Pen clear

And sincere

Like nas in belly

KiN Camell Heart ov Gold

Tah start tha show

Cheef needs

A Margaret Cho

a beat, a tree

(and) my art will glow

Tah defeat

The beast

Need a

Heart of gold

Kin's been

A super predator

From ya raddest dreams

Who's the editor

Of ya magazine ?

Cheef needs

A Tiffany Haddish

& 3 spiffs

Of thee cabbage

Ya silly rabbits

Thinkin

Kin’s sinkin

Then them

Steal these Lavish

Patents

This bastid’s passion

Outlasted assassins

Who

aim

Pull

bang

Whose

Sane ?

Cheef Needs

a beat, a tree

(and) my art will glow

Tah defeat

The beast

Need a

Heart of gold

(Shit,

Shoot,

Dang)

Ms. you drained

This dude’s brain

His loose change

Didn't add up

So Kenneth got

Passed,

yup.

Befo

Cheef’s soul

Laid out tah past chuh

Camells pen delivered this

Write so nice

Words deserves

Mo wives

Than Ellen Degenerous

And Wanda Sykes

My Fams Blanka Hyped

Hi Charged

By Far

Cheef Needs

a beat, a tree

(and) my art will glow

Tah defeat

The beast

Need a

Heart of gold